Tyron Wijewardene
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Tyron Hirantha Wijewardene (born 29 August 1961), is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was elected to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees as Sri Lanka's second umpire.
As a cricketer, Wijewardene was a left-handed bowler, taking 9 wickets in his 5 First-class appearances for Saracens Sports Club in 1990/91. He was also a useful lower order batsman, getting one half-century having batted in just 5 innings.
Following an early retirement from cricket, he began umpiring and has stood in both Test cricket and One Day Internationals; standing in two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
See also
- List of Test cricket umpires
- List of One Day International cricket umpires
- List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
References
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- Living people
- Sri Lankan cricketers
- Saracens Sports Club cricketers
- Sri Lankan Test cricket umpires
- Sri Lankan One Day International cricket umpires
- Sri Lankan Twenty20 International cricket umpires
- Cricketers from Colombo
- 20th-century Sri Lankan sportsmen